Randy Boissonnault, Member of Parliament for Edmonton Centre, on behalf of Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, the Honourable Jim Carr, will announce funding for marine safety.
Led by Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), the Youth Employment Strategy (YES) is a Government of Canada program that was set up to help young people aged 15 to 30 gain the skills and meaningful job experience required to make a successful transition to the workplace.
Creating green jobs ensures that the natural resource sectors remain a source of opportunity and prosperity in a world that increasingly values sustainable practices and low-carbon processes, while alleviating anticipated shortages of skilled workers by offering the next generation a real and fair chance at success.
Canada is open for business and our government is taking real action to protect the environment so good projects will create middle-class jobs and grow our economy for decades to come.
Member of Parliament for Shefford, Pierre Breton, will make an announcement on behalf of Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, the Honourable Jim Carr. Mr. Breton will be joined by Pascal Bonin, Mayor of the City of Granby, and Edgar Rouleau, Mayor of the City of Dorval and a member of the Federation of Canadian Municipalities Board of Directors.
Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources, the Honourable Jim Carr, will speak at the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade’s Energy Forum 2017, where he will reaffirm the Government’s support for major natural resource projects and highlight actions to protect the environment while creating good, middle-class jobs for Canadians.
“Nebraska’s decision today to approve the permit for the Keystone XL pipeline will result in good, middle-class jobs for workers on both sides of the Canada–U.S. border. ”
Building a clean-growth economy starts with sustainable and globally-competitive natural resource sectors that create good, middle-class jobs and prosperity for Canadians. Smart investments in clean technology can build on this Canadian advantage, ensure we meet our climate change commitments and create new opportunities and markets for our ingenuity and know-how.